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Dormaalocyon; Temporal range: 56.0–55.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Eocene
	Life restoration of Dormaalocyon latouri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Dormaalocyon; Solé, 2014
Type species
	†Dormaalocyon latouri; Quinet, 1966
Synonyms
	synonyms of species: D. latouri: Miacis latouri (Quinet, 1966) ; ;

Dormaalocyon ("dog from Dormaal") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in Europe during the early Eocene.^[2]^[4] The type species, Dormaalocyon latouri, was discovered when fossils were unearthed in the village of Dormaal, near Zoutleeuw, in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.^[5]^[6]

It is considered one of the earliest ancestors to modern-day carnivoraforms.^[7]

References

^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
^ ^a ^b Solé, Floréal; Smith, Richard; Coillot, Tiphaine; de Bast, Eric; Smith, Thierry (2014). "Dental and tarsal anatomy of Miacis latouri and a phylogenetic analysis of the earliest carnivoraforms (Mammalia, Carnivoramorpha)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (1): 1–21. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34....1S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.793195. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86207013.
^ G. E. Quinet (1966) "Les mammifères du Landénien continental belge, second tome. Etude de la morphologie dentaire comparée des carnivores de Dormaal." Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles Belges, 158:1-64.
^ Solé, Floréal; Smith, Thierry; De Bast, Eric; Codrea, Vlad; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2016). "New carnivoraforms from the latest Paleocene of Europe and their bearing on the origin and radiation of Carnivoraformes (Carnivoramorpha, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (2): e1082480. Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E2480S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1082480. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 87537565.
^ Pappas, Stephanie (7 January 2014). "Tiny ancestor of lions and tigers and bears discovered (Oh my!)". NBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ "Ancient carnivore ancestor a tiny woodland mammal". CBC. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ Solé, Floréal; Smith, Richard; Coillot, Tiphaine; de Bast, Eric; Smith, Thierry (January 2014). "Dental and tarsal anatomy of ' Miacis ' latouri and a phylogenetic analysis of the earliest carnivoraforms (Mammalia, Carnivoramorpha)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (1): 1–21. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34....1S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.793195. ISSN 0272-4634.